inforMED
InjuryFGM

OLYMPUS

Received Aug 16, 2005 · Event occurred Jun 15, 2005

Report 8010047-2005-00087 · MDR key 627747

Device

Generic name

Heat Probe Unit

Model number

HPU-20

Catalog number

NA

Lot number

NA

Product problems

  • Unknown (for use when the device problem is not known)

Patient

UNKNOWN

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Cramp(s)
  • Other (for use when an appropriate patient code cannot be identified)
  • Transfusion of blood products
  • Therapy/non-surgical treatment, additional
  • Hospitalization required

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

THE HOSPITAL REPORTED THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE WITH CAUTERY FOR ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS (AVMS). THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED AND THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED. THE PATIENT CAME BACK TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM (ER) THAT EVENING COMPLAINING OF ABDOMINAL PAIN, BLOATING AND CRAMPS. THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING ILEUS AND RECEIVED TWO UNITS OF BLOOD. THE NEXT DAY THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS OF BLOOD AND RE-SCOPED WHERE THEY FOUND DIVERTICULA AND AVMS.